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Tomfoolery - that's good! new philosophy of mine (have loads of these at this time of year....)
I've got three bottles of the stuff (300 ml, in a purple containers) haven't (obviously) used them yet....thing is I have 170 ltr tank and I can also squeeze near on 100 ltrs into my 90 ltr tank - I think dilution would make an impression worse than nothing...
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My experience with additives in the past with previous diesels has been that the money you spend on additive (perhaps =A33 in a tankful) is paid back in improved fuel economy; however that does not seem to have been the case with my LC. Possible reasons:
(1) It's too dilute to do any good in a 90l tank, and I need to spend more to save more. (Bad time of year for that theory.) ???
(2) My injectors are already so perfectly clean that no improvement is possible. (Bad theory at any time.) ....!!!!
(3) The fuel consumption is so dependent on usage patterns that this masks any saving. (=A33 is < 5% of a tankful, and my mpg varies by more than that.) so what's your fuel economy like then, for a younger Beast than mine?
The biggest disadvantage is that I tend to stop at pump, fill car to brim, walk in to pay, spot additive on shelf, read label which says "add first so that it mixes", think "oh shit, I filled it to the brim, I'll remember next time", pay basic fuel bill ....well yes, this could be the problem...
... then repeat the next time. If someone could invent a button on the pump saying "Press here for additive injection" they would make a fortune! I'm full of foresight - than it becomes hindsight, then I forget...
Renate, without Le Beast (again)
Tomfoolery - that's good! new philosophy of mine (have loads of these at this time of year....)
I've got three bottles of the stuff (300 ml, in a purple containers) haven't (obviously) used them yet....thing is I have 170 ltr tank and I can also squeeze near on 100 ltrs into my 90 ltr tank - I think dilution would make an impression worse than nothing...
>>> [Email address removed] 12/21/04 11:57am >>>
My experience with additives in the past with previous diesels has been that the money you spend on additive (perhaps =A33 in a tankful) is paid back in improved fuel economy; however that does not seem to have been the case with my LC. Possible reasons:
(1) It's too dilute to do any good in a 90l tank, and I need to spend more to save more. (Bad time of year for that theory.) ???
(2) My injectors are already so perfectly clean that no improvement is possible. (Bad theory at any time.) ....!!!!
(3) The fuel consumption is so dependent on usage patterns that this masks any saving. (=A33 is < 5% of a tankful, and my mpg varies by more than that.) so what's your fuel economy like then, for a younger Beast than mine?
The biggest disadvantage is that I tend to stop at pump, fill car to brim, walk in to pay, spot additive on shelf, read label which says "add first so that it mixes", think "oh shit, I filled it to the brim, I'll remember next time", pay basic fuel bill ....well yes, this could be the problem...
... then repeat the next time. If someone could invent a button on the pump saying "Press here for additive injection" they would make a fortune! I'm full of foresight - than it becomes hindsight, then I forget...
Renate, without Le Beast (again)